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Those coilovers wont directly bolt to your car. The rear strut tops have a slightly larger bolt pattern to them. You can slot the holes to make them fit. Otherwise I recommend going with a set of KYB GR-2/Excel-G struts.

Alright. Today I successfully put outback rims and 205/70-15 tires on many legacy l and I was wondering, since my stock tires were 185/60-14, how badly will my speedometer be affected and how hard will it be to correct???

Theoretically, yes, but the engine also has to work harder to move the car now. So will use more fuel to do the same work as before.
Also you have to figure the difference in the odometer reading, which will now show fewer miles than you actually traveled.

So I should get better fuel mileage too xD. The engine will be turning less rpm's while the speed is upped.

That's the theory. But then the engine could be working outside it's "power vs efficiency" zone. You might be lucky and the engine will handle the required power fine and return you some good economy. But if you're cruising with the throttle open further than what you used to do with the stock sized tyres then you're using more fuel over all, even if your revs have dropped by 500rpm (big difference!)

What you'll find is that Mr Fuji swapped the speedo drive gear in the gearbox and that the outback instrument cluster is calibrated the same.

What you could look into is a pulse modulator that modifies the signal from the reed switch at the gearbox. I'm 99% sure your subi doesn't have a speedo cable, which means it's all electronic and easier to play with Unfortunately I don't know of a kit that does the job as I've not had the need to ever do this so far - I've only heard about it on the forums.

Well. On Monday I'm gonna call the dealer and see if they can calibrate it. I downloaded a speedometer app on my phone and found out I'm doing 65 @ 60 on the dash. Around town no problems through. Doing 36 @ 35 on the dash.

What you'll find is that Mr Fuji swapped the speedo drive gear in the gearbox and that the outback instrument cluster is calibrated the same.

What you could look into is a pulse modulator that modifies the signal from the reed switch at the gearbox. I'm 99% sure your subi doesn't have a speedo cable, which means it's all electronic and easier to play with Unfortunately I don't know of a kit that does the job as I've not had the need to ever do this so far - I've only heard about it on the forums.

Hope this helps

Cheers

Bennie

Well I hope your right. I called the dealer and the service guy told me it has a speedometer cable. I don't believe him. I couldn't find a cable anywhere.